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Startups and legacy industries are harnessing big data to transform and revolutionize the ways their services are offered. Among the sectors sitting on the richest mines of data is public transportation, with municipalities and service providers boasting decades of data on urban transportation and mobility.
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The regional transit association was formed in 1979 to represent transit operators and others interested in public transit issues.
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"Public transit wastes my money." This is a fairly common argument to encounter when discussing public transportation. It’s easy to say this when looking at delays, faulty service, or drab trains and buses.
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The planned update to Google Maps will give you live guidance and interactive real-time notifications during the user's journey on public transportation.
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TBX is designed to connect an influential group of public transportation bus operators with a select group of product and service suppliers for an exchange of information, ideas, and solutions.
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Overall, North American cities rank low compared to equivalent European or Asian cities due to the car-centric culture that exists today.
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From testing autonomous vehicles to piloting on-demand transportation, transit agencies are looking for new ways to complement their bus services. In conjunction, many are also adding technologies such as mobile apps that can help plan a complete trip using a host of transportation options.
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For transit employees working with the public on a daily basis, no two shifts might be the same and each day can bring an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the customers we serve. Often, the acts go unnoticed, but for two SEPTA employees, their special acts — both coming within hours of each other — were caught on video.
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Partnership allows transit agencies of all sizes to tap into big data and better understand community-based transit needs while increasing ridership.
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